Re: The role of the DPL in technical decisions

2005-03-09 Thread Matthew Garrett
martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.02.1= > 448 +0100]: >> Debian is run by its developers - the DPL exists in order to >> ensure that the developers are able to make appropriate decisions, >> not to make those decisions himself. >

Re: The role of the DPL in technical decisions

2005-03-09 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.02.1448 +0100]: > Debian is run by its developers - the DPL exists in order to > ensure that the developers are able to make appropriate decisions, > not to make those decisions himself. Could you be a little more specific as to - what yo

Re: The role of the DPL in technical decisions

2005-03-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 06:18:19PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As i understand the NEW handling is needed for : > > > > a) make sure the licence is ok, and the package is otherwise distribuable, > > and maybe setup the US-big-brother survey of

Re: The role of the DPL in technical decisions

2005-03-02 Thread Matthew Garrett
Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As i understand the NEW handling is needed for : > > a) make sure the licence is ok, and the package is otherwise distribuable, > and maybe setup the US-big-brother survey of developer's work. > > b) check if the new package upload doesn't split in

Re: The role of the DPL in technical decisions

2005-03-02 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:52:47PM +, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (following up here for now - I think it's a question that could do with > more discussion than IRC really allows for) > > > I would like to know from the DPL candidates what is their opin

Re: The role of the DPL in technical decisions

2005-03-02 Thread Matthew Garrett
David Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 02 March 2005 13:52, Matthew Garrett wrote: >> Put simply, the constitution says that the DPL can't make technical >> decisions that overrule other people. I agree with the constitution. >> However, I will work to ensure that it's possible for

Re: The role of the DPL in technical decisions

2005-03-02 Thread Matthew Garrett
Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think mosts people's current questioning of this is not about > particular decisions that the ftp-masters are making (which is > technical), but about the inability to find out what decisions are being > made, if any, and what order those decisions ar

Re: The role of the DPL in technical decisions

2005-03-02 Thread David Schmitt
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 13:52, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Put simply, the constitution says that the DPL can't make technical > decisions that overrule other people. I agree with the constitution. > However, I will work to ensure that it's possible for people to find out > /why/ NEW is processed t

Re: The role of the DPL in technical decisions

2005-03-02 Thread Steve Greenland
On 02-Mar-05, 06:52 (CST), Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fundamentally, it isn't the DPLs job to make judgements about the > technical decisions a team makes. If the ftp-masters believe that the > current handling of the NEW queue is the best way of doing so, then > that's their dec